Frank and Ernest by Thaves for July 04, 2011
July 03, 2011
July 05, 2011
Transcript:
Frank: "Founding Father Benjamin Franklin must have been thinking about long holiday weekends when he wrote "Fish and Visitors Stink In Three Days"."
Phatts over 13 years ago
Oh is that where that saying came from! I always thought my Momma made it up!
zerotsm over 13 years ago
Actually the idea of bathing every day is relatively recent. Even when plumbing became commonplace early in the 20th century, most people just had a “Saturday night bath”.
Phatts over 13 years ago
People didn’t bathe regularly, which meant that most everybody stank most all of the time, so as a “practical observation” a 3-day-old guest wouldn’t smell any worse than anybody else. – SO I’m thinking it was more of a point of etiquette than mere observation.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
In the dictionary next to the word “Plagiarize” is a picture of Old Ben. His almanac had little original input and mostly stolen quotes without credit. Oh, that kite. An early attempt at curing male erectile dysfunction.
hippogriff over 13 years ago
Franklin would soak in a tub (he had gouty arthritis) followed by an “air bath” (working nude) for another half hour. Of course this was after he was successful enough to afford it.
LovDComix over 13 years ago